Ramón Antonio Tapia Allende (born 25 December 1972) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and the United States.

Career

Born in Linares, Chile, Tapia is a product of the Universidad de Chile youth system. After having no chances to play for them at league level, he joined Santiago Wanderers in the Chilean Segunda División in 1993. In the second level, he also played for Deportes Ovalle,

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, Unión Santa Cruz and

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. In the

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, he played for Unión Española, Deportes Concepción, Provincial Osorno and Rangers de Talca. As a member of Deportes Concepción, he took part in the

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, the last edition. He ended his career playing for the American club

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in the

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(2003) and the USL PDL (2004). In the club, he coincided with his former teammate in Unión Española, Marcelo Fracchia.

Personal life

Tapia is nicknamed ''Colorado'' (Red-colored) due to his hair color. He has worked as a public relations representative of pubs, being known by the nickname ''Zafrada'', a distortion of ''"frazada"'' (blanket), like a well-known red-haired person in his homeland for surviving the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami.

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at MemoriaWanderers.cl {{DEFAULTSORT:Tapia, Ramon 1972 births Living people People from Linares Footballers from Maule Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Club Universidad de Chile footballers Unión Española footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Provincial Osorno footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Primera B de Chile players Santiago Wanderers footballers Deportes Ovalle footballers Audax Italiano footballers Deportes Santa Cruz footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers USL Second Division players USL League Two players New Jersey Stallions players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Men's association football forwards